Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in their early stages can be difficult for physicians to spot, and many diagnoses are incorrect.
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A new study exploring smoking, heavy drinking and marijuana use across three generations indicates that the children of a parent who uses any of these substances are more likely to smoke, binge drink or use marijuana in adolescence and adulthood.
The Montana WWAMI medical education program today announced that Billings and Missoula will be home to an expanded effort to train new physicians for Montana.
A 天美影视传媒 researcher has devised a way to use the fossil teeth of ancient bison as a tool to reconstruct historic climate and vegetation changes in America’s breadbasket, the Great Plains.
When Brian Johnson graduated from medical school this year, he left a living legacy 鈥� a student-run free clinic at the Aloha Inn, a transitional housing facility in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood.
Elizabeth Lowry
News & Community Relations
For most of her life, Sen.
This fall, the Department of Family Medicine will launch a new program for WWAMI medical students interested in caring for underserved populations: the Underserved Pathway.
UW Medicine is gearing up once again for this year’s Puget Sound Heart Walk, which takes place Saturday, Oct.
MEDEX’s Ballweg honored
Ruth Ballweg, program director of MEDEX Northwest, the UW’s physician assistant program, has received the Washington Rural Health Association’s Outstanding Contribution to Rural Health Award.
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English Language Courses
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.
Like detectives trying to solve a murder case, researchers searching for the biological cause of autism have come up with some surprising suspects.
The UW Business School has announced the gift of $1.
Imagine turning on your computer and not having to wait for it to load the operating system, virus protection, firewalls and other programs.
Jennifer Faubion, a third-year law student from Kapowsin, Wash.
By Liorah Wichser
Biology
In the Botany Greenhouse’s largest research room, a strange machine built mostly out of wood and pulleys spins two vertical wheels at different speeds powered by a small motor.
A total of 20,430 pounds of reusable materials was diverted from the landfill-bound waste stream during Summer Scram 2006.
Beginning in 2008, UW Tacoma will host a lecture series featuring prominent speakers on the UW Tacoma campus, thanks to a $1 million pledge by Arthur R.
NURSING PATRIOTISM: The U.
It’s late on a warm Friday afternoon at University Temple United Methodist Church, across 15th Ave.
Lesley Thomas went to live in the Arctic at the age of 11 fresh from a tour of Europe with her grandmother.
The UW School of Law has hired Michele Storms as executive director of the William H.
The UW Summer Orchestra, conducted by Philip Tschopp, will present a free concert at 7:30 p.
Nine lucky middle schoolers are spending this week studying DNA, thanks to a new program at the Burke that makes use of the museum’s Genetics Resources Collection.
Woodland Park Zoo and the UW have renewed their agreement for scientific and educational cooperation to promote research, education and conservation.
Imagine turning on your computer and not having to wait for it to load the operating system, virus protection, firewalls and other programs.
The higher risk of schizophrenia among offspring of expectant mothers living through famine could help us understand the genetic basis for that debilitating mental disorder, a group of researchers argue in a commentary piece in the Aug.
Like detectives trying to solve a murder case, researchers searching for the biological cause of autism have come up with some surprising suspects.
Woodland Park Zoo and the 天美影视传媒 have renewed their agreement for scientific and educational cooperation to promote research, education and conservation.
WHO: Forty blind students, academics and professionals from around the country
WHAT: Technology Fair and tactile art experience, part of the first Vertical Mentoring Workshop for the Blind in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
WHEN: Friday, July 28.
The steady discovery of giant planets orbiting stars other than our sun has heightened speculation that there could be Earth-type worlds in nearby planetary systems capable of sustaining life.
Spokane, WA–The presidents of the 天美影视传媒, Washington State University and Eastern Washington University today announced their plan to expand Spokane’s medical and dental education programs to meet the need for physicians and dentists locally and in nearby rural towns.
By Tina Mankowski & Leila Gray
News & Community Relations
The 天美影视传媒, Washington State University and Eastern Washington University plan to expand Spokane’s medical and dental education programs to meet the need for physicians and dentists locally and in nearby rural towns.
Experience, as the old saying goes, is the best teacher.
When the word diversity is mentioned at the UW, most people would be likely to think first of faculty and students, but this year the University has turned its attention to diversity among staff.
UW Medical Center has ranked in the top 10 among the nation’s best hospitals for fourth consecutive year, according to U.
UW TechTransfer has announced that two-page pre-proposals requesting Technology Gap Innovation Fund (TGIF) money are due in the office of UW TechTransfer on Sept.
PSYCHED UP: The Department of Psychology announced its annual honors.
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